Oil And Gas

In the face of the nation’s highest gas prices, California lawmakers approved a bill to ease restrictions on E85 conversion kits — devices that let conventional gasoline cars run on a cheaper, mostly ethanol fuel blend. Assembly Bill 2046, dubbed the “Access to Affordable Gas Act” by its author, Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, a Stockton Democrat, […]

California is considering handing oil refineries and other major polluters billions of dollars in free emission allowances just as the state says carbon reductions need to come faster than ever. In the last six months, two refineries have closed and gas prices have topped an average of $6 a gallon as the Iran-Israel war sent […]

New regulations by the air resources board are better for oil refiners but the state will get less auction money to use for wildfire prevention and other projects.

California set the country's most ambitious plastic recycling deadline. Now both environmental advocates and plastic producers may head to court.

Climate programs cause smaller costs in California's gas prices, but the limited supply routes and a highly concentrated refining market cause bigger price boosts.

The proposal could be funded with transportation money typically reserved to fix local streets and roads.

Proposed changes to state climate law may boost gas-pump prices by up to $1 a gallon by 2030. Also more refineries and jobs may leave California.

California is suing the Trump administration over an order to restart a long-shuttered offshore oil operation.

The Trump administration ordered the restart of a Santa Barbara oil pipeline shut since the 2015 Refugio spill, invoking emergency powers under the Defense Production Act.

California built a first-in-the-nation system to police refinery profits during price spikes. Regulators delayed it for five years.